He was cleared in order to make room for new catcher Rod Barajas on the 40-man roster. Lopez, who turned 27 yesterday, was claimed off waivers from the Padres last June, but spent the rest of the season with Triple-A Buffalo. Wed, Feb 24, 2010 04:32:00 PM

Mets claimed LHP Arturo Lopez off of waivers from the Padres.

The Mets may be searching for a better second lefty than Jon Switzer, who allowed a home run to lefty Hideki Matsui in his first appearance as a Met, then two runs in his second. Lopez, for what it's worth, has allowed lefties to hit just .200 at Triple-A this season. He's been assigned to Triple-A Buffalo. Fri, Jun 19, 2009 04:37:00 PM

He was cleared in order to make room for new catcher Rod Barajas on the 40-man roster. Lopez, who turned 27 yesterday, was claimed off waivers from the Padres last June, but spent the rest of the season with Triple-A Buffalo.

The Mets may be searching for a better second lefty than Jon Switzer, who allowed a home run to lefty Hideki Matsui in his first appearance as a Met, then two runs in his second. Lopez, for what it's worth, has allowed lefties to hit just .200 at Triple-A this season. He's been assigned to Triple-A Buffalo.

Lopez spent a little over a week up on the big league level, allowing five earned runs and three walks over just 2 1/3 innings. He's likely to spend a good amount of time at Triple-A before his next call-up.

Padres manager Andy Green announced Thursday that Jose Pirela (finger) has been shut down for the remainder of the 2017 season.

At this stage, there's no need to rush the rookie outfielder back from his finger injury. The 27-year-old finishes the season hitting .288/.347/.490 with 10 homers, 40 RBI and four stolen bases in 83 games. He's the front-runner to open the 2018 campaign as the club's starting left fielder.

He'll see some specialists this week and try to get some answers. Season-ending surgery is a possibility. Dickerson has been on the disabled list since the end of spring training because of a bulging disc.

Friedrich is aiming to be 100 percent healthy at the opening of spring training next February, after being limited to 19 minor league innings in 2017 due to multiple arm problems. The 30-year-old left-hander is a potential non-tender candidate for the Padres this winter.

Robbie Erlin is throwing bullpens at the Padres' complex in Arizona, but he appears unlikely to pitch in the majors this year after May 2016 Tommy John surgery.

Erlin's original hope was to complete his rehab around the All-Star break, but it hasn't gone that smoothly. Now it looks like he could pitch in games in the instructional league in October and compete for a rotation spot next spring.

Rea was initially aiming to start a throwing program in early March, but the Padres backed him off that plan for precautionary reasons. The right-hander is working his way back from Tommy John reconstructive elbow surgery and will miss the entire 2017 season.

That clears a spot on the 40-man roster for left-hander Kyle McGrath. Cosart underwent season-ending elbow surgery earlier this month. He logged a 4.88 ERA over seven outings including six starts this year.

Strahm posted a disappointing 5.45 ERA before having season-ending knee surgery earlier this month, but the left-hander has loads of potential. The Padres figure to give him a shot at a rotation spot next season.

Capps' velocity was down and he held a 6.57 ERA over 12 1/3 innings for the Padres after he finally made it back from Tommy John surgery, and now he's facing another long rehab. The Padres are hopeful that the reliever will be ready for spring training.